Biography of David McCurdy, page 807. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. David McCurdy, deceased, was a native of Ohio, born July 27, 1830, a son of Rev. John McCurdy, of Butler, Ind. He came to De Kalb County, Ind., with his parents in 1845, and settled in Wilmington Township, where he grew to manhood. He received a good education and taught several terms of school in his early life, but the greater part of his life was engaged in farming. He was married in October, 1853, to Jemima Casebeer, daughter of Andrew Casebeer. She was born in Wayne County, Ohio, in 1834, and came to this county with her parents in 1839, locating on section 30, Troy Township, and later moving to section 29. Mr. and Mrs. McCurdy lived in Stafford Township till 1876, and then moved to Troy Township and settled on the old homestead of her father, on section29, where she has since lived, and where he died Jan. 14, 1885, of cancer of the stomach, after an illness of two months. To them were born seven children---James N., Ida L., Rosella, Ann E., Ionia, Sadie and Mary M. James is a minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, and is now at Elkhart, Ind. He married Nettie Reynolds, and has one child---Roy. Ida married Byron Gilmore, and lives near Little Sioux, Iowa. Mr. McCurdy was a consistent Christian, and had been a member of the Methodist church since nineteen years of age. He was a kind, courteous gentleman, hospitable and generous, giving liberally of his means for the support of his church and the promotion of benevolent causes. In his death the community lost a valuable member, and his family a kind husband and father. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlner.com